Senior Security Architect Job (Cambridge, MA, US)

Location:	Cambridge, MA, US	Posted Date:	2014-06-30 00:00:00.0
Category:	Engineering	ID:	11872

Overview:

About the Job

We are looking for an innovation-driven and motivated senior security architect to provide expertise on a number of new project initiatives within the Emerging Products business unit. The candidate will interact with several groups of development, test, product management and customer-facing teams to define and design the security needs of projects. The candidate will also have close working interactions with security teams and experts across the company to validate designs and ensure compliance with security policies.

About the Team

You will be an integral part of a highly skilled team of engineers responsible for the design and development of Akamai's next-generation networking product line. The team works on new and emerging products in an innovation centric, fast pace and collaborative environment. Share in the experience and breadth of knowledge that can only come from managing one of the largest global deployment of servers in the industry. Akamai's team of engineers have time and again developed unique solutions to complex problems and routinely surpass fundamental limitations of traditional networking. Help Akamai continue changing the rules of the game and challenging traditional thinking in a rapidly evolving and very exciting market.

Responsibilities:

* Architect and design security aspects of several new and emerging products in networking, WAN, traffic acceleration and mobile services.
* Investigate security vulnerabilities and compliance of new and existing products and collaborate to define solutions, resolve the vulnerabilities, conduct security reviews and get product security clearance from security review boards.
* Collaborate with several engineering teams to define the security aspects of emerging products.
* Interact with security architects and teams across the company to ensure proper implementation of company security policies within the emerging products.
* Work with product management and customer-facing teams to determine and prioritize requirements.
* Provide technical leadership across engineering to ensure product development is smooth, evolving design as needed.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

* Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar field.
* Minimum 10 years of industry experience and Minimum 4 years experience working on security architecture and design for products.
* Minimum 3 years' experience in technologies, processes, and concepts such as symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, IPSec, TLS, Authentication and Authorization.
* 5 years' experience with security aspects of Cloud-Based SaaS products.
* 5 years' experience applying of application attacks and defenses.

Desired Qualifications

* Ability to build consensus across business and technical groups.
* Experience with industry standard authentication and authorization approaches like SAML and OAuth.
* Experience with design and development of scalable, mission critical or high-availability systems.
* Expertise in security related Internet protocols such as IPSec, SSL/TLS and familiarity with common Internet protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, RTP, DNS, HTTP, SIP.
* Fluent and familiar with all phases of product life cycle from definition, design, development and test to deployment, field support and end of life.
* Creative and innovation-driven mindset.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Successful completion of security challenges or CTFs such as those on HackThisSite.org, OWASP’s Web Goat, or Google’s Gruyere.
* Some knowledge of Systems-Theoretic Accident Modeling and Processes (STAMP)
* Deep understanding and experience with networking technologies from the link layer to the application layer.
* Experience with network systems in an enterprise environment, Application Acceleration or WAN Optimization space.
* Broad understanding of systems and application technologies.
* Experience in software development and systems-level programming in C, C++ or Java.

Other Information
* Is relocation available for this position: No
* Is US Citizenship required: No
* Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

About Akamai:

Akamai® is the leading content delivery network (CDN) providing cloud services that help deliver, optimize, and secure online content and business applications. At the foundation of Akamai solutions, the Akamai Intelligent Platform^TM enables unmatched speed, reliability, and security—backed by expertise and relentless innovation—to improve reach and invisibility across the web. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to more securely leverage the cloud. To learn how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, visit www.akamai.com, and follow @Akamaijobs on Twitter.